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EP0558169B1
EP0558169B1 EP93250058A EP93250058A EP0558169B1 EP 0558169 B1 EP0558169 B1 EP 0558169B1 EP 93250058 A EP93250058 A EP 93250058A EP 93250058 A EP93250058 A EP 93250058A EP 0558169 B1 EP0558169 B1 EP 0558169B1
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  • the present invention relates to the storage of blocks of data on a magnetic tape, and more specifically to a method of identifying separations between adjacent data files stored on a magnetic tape.
  • a file mark is a block of information on the tape containing predefined standards for identifying the file boundary but normally contains no information regarding the data files the mark is separating. Thus, the mark merely acts as an indicator of the ending of one data file and the beginning of another data file.
  • Information Data Files consist of a number of physical data blocks which are the minimum recordable entity.
  • a data file may consist of one or more individual physical data blocks.
  • a file mark separating two data files must be recorded over an entire physical data block since presently available recording devices are not capable of recording into a smaller entity. Therefore, where data files on a magnetic tape substantially consist of only one or two physical data blocks, each separated by a file mark, the area available on the tape for the storage of user data will be drastically reduced.
  • EP-A-0 327 201 discloses a method and apparatus for recording digital data on a tape. Data is organized on the tape using a plurality of helical data tracks. Each data track has a portion that is used for recording user data. Another portion of each data track, however, is used to record file mark counts and record mark counts. File marks are, therefore, recorded in the user data area, and each mark is stored in the same track as a block of user data.
  • US-A-4,210,785 discloses a video tape system that replays in a selected sequence a plurality of programs that are recorded on a tape.
  • An audio track having encoded information located thereon enables a controller to access selected programs.
  • the encoded information incorporates tone bursts that are decoded as electrical signals in the form of logical data.
  • the audio track includes a header, an address portion and a program location information table having the form of a table of contents.
  • the program location information table includes the starting and stopping addresses of all the programs on the tape.
  • the invention relates to a methods as claimed in Claims 1 and 4 and to a recording tape as claimed in Claim 6.
  • the present invention overcomes the foregoing and other problems associated with the prior art by utilizing a transparent file mark with helically recorded data on a magnetic tape.
  • the method utilizes the controlling software of the peripheral recording device to store data block and data file information within the control information header located in each helical track and in horizontal tracks located both above and below the helical tracks.
  • the control software of the peripheral recording device includes instructions to store two numbers in the control information header which together act as a file mark. These are the File Section Number (FSN) and the Data Block Number (DBN).
  • FSN File Section Number
  • DBN Data Block Number
  • FSN File Section Number
  • DBN Data Block Number
  • FIGURE 1 wherein there is shown an illustration of the prior art formatting of the length of a magnetic tape for data storage.
  • a single system zone 2 is placed at the beginning of a magnetic tape 4. This zone contains the information necessary for system use during loading and threading operations.
  • the system zone 2 is immediately followed by a single partition 6 starting at the beginning of media (BOM) and continuing until the end-of-media warning (EMW).
  • EMW end-of-media warning
  • the area for user data storage begins at the partition boundary 8.
  • the controlling software instructs a peripheral recording device to prompt a host computer system for the desired number of system zones and for the tape length interval between the system zones.
  • System zones are fixed-length areas on tape, occurring at regular intervals, which are reserved for system use.
  • the system zones are formatted onto the magnetic tape by the peripheral recording device as indicated by the responses of the host computer system. Once the plurality of system zones have been formatted onto the tape, system loading and threading operations may be carried out at any of the system zones.
  • the peripheral recording device and the host computer system are conventional hardware and do not form a part of the present invention.
  • the format of a system zone is illustrated in FIGURE 2.
  • the system zone is comprised of two areas.
  • the Load Operation Zone (LOZ) 3 is used during loading and unloading of the tape from a peripheral recording device.
  • the Volume Format Information Zone (VFI) 5 is an area containing information on the data volume format. This information allows the peripheral recording device to locate any partition on the magnetic tape. All system zones contain substantially identical information.
  • the magnetic tape is also being formatted with a plurality of partitions.
  • This process is initiated by a prompt from the controlling software of the peripheral recording device to the host computer system requesting the number of partitions and the length of partitions to be formatted onto the magnetic tape.
  • the software also instructs the peripheral recording device to request the host computer system to choose a Pack, Waste, or Stretch format option.
  • the software then formats partitions onto the tape in accordance with the responses received from the host computer system.
  • the first partition is formatted starting at the Physical Beginning of Medium (PBOM) and may be immediately followed by the next partition or a system zone.
  • PBOM Physical Beginning of Medium
  • the beginning of partition (BOP) 10 is a location on the tape that denotes the physical beginning of a partition.
  • the BOP 10 is not an actual recording area on the tape but indicates the first track of the beginning of the partition.
  • the end of media warning (EMW) 16 is a recording area that contains a warning recording to be sent to the peripheral recording device when there is an attempt to record data in the area. This notifies the recording device that available recording area on the partition is about the end.
  • the end of partition (EOP) 18 is a location on the tape denoting the physical end of a partition. There is no recorded or physical marking of EOP 18 on a tape.
  • the data track after the last data track of a partition is considered the EOP 18. Therefore, if two partitions are physically adjacent, the BOP 10 of the second partition also denotes the EOP 18 of the previous partition.
  • a condition may arise where a partition (P n ) will be formatted across an area of tape containing a system zone.
  • the procedure for responding to this condition is illustrated by FIGURE 4.
  • the host computer system makes a determination at step 20 as to whether the formatting of P n will cause a discontinuity in the partition. If the formatting of a partition will not cause a discontinuity, P n is formatted onto the tape at step 22 and the recorder then returns the partitioning sequence to the step 20 to attempt to format the next partition.
  • the controlling software determines at step 26 whether the host system has chosen the Pack Option, which will be discussed more fully later. If the Pack Option has been chosen, the partition is formatted across the system zones at step 28 such that the partition consists of two segments on either side of each system zone. The recording device then attempts to format the next partition and returns to step 20.
  • the routine for partitioning begins a series of Partition Optimization Steps 25 designed to minimize the number of system zone interruptions for any single partition.
  • the first step 30 divides the size of the Partition by the system zone spacing specified by the host computer system to generate a partition remainder.
  • An inquiry 32 is then made to determine if the remainder is equal to zero. If the remainder is equal to zero, the Partition Optimization Steps 25 are completed and control will pass to step 34.
  • the routine determines at step 36 if the remainder is greater than or less than the area remaining between the end of partition (EOP) 18 of the previous partition and the boundary of the next system zone. If the remainder from step 30 is less than the area remaining between the EOP 18 of the previous partition and the system zone, the Partition Optimization Steps 25 are exited and control passes to step 28 where the partition is formatted across the system zone and then seeks to format the next partition by returning to step 20. If the remainder is greater than the area remaining between EOP 18 of previous partition and the system zone, the Partition Optimization Steps 25 are exited and control passes to step 34.
  • EOP end of partition
  • Partition Optimization Steps 25 The function of the Partition Optimization Steps 25 is to determine if the partition is to be formatted with a discontinuity despite a choice by the host computer system of the Stretch or Waste option or if the partition is to be formatted on the end-of-tape (EOT) side of the system zone. Partitions to be formatted with a discontinuity are passed through step 20 to step 28. Partitions that will be formatted on the EOT side of a system zone pass to step 34.
  • EOT end-of-tape
  • step 34 an inquiry is made to determine if the Stretch or Waste option was chosen by the host computer system. If the Stretch option was chosen, the boundary of previous partition is expanded up to the boundary of the system zone at step 38, thus making the previous partition larger by the difference between its original boundary and the boundary of the system zone. The extended area is available for the storage of user data. The next partition is then formatted on the EOT side of the system zone at step 40. An attempt is then made to format the next partition by returning to step 26.
  • Waste option was chosen at step 34, the area between the previous partition and the system zone is not formatted as a result of step 42. Therefore, the area is unavailable for data storage and is wasted.
  • the next partition is then formatted on the EOT side of the system zone at step 40 and control passes to step 26.
  • FIGURE 5 there is illustrated the routine run when the last partition P n on the tape cannot be completely formatted in the area between the EOP 18 of the previous partition and the physical end of the tape medium (PEOM).
  • a command is received at step 60 to format the last partition P n that cannot be completely formatted in the remaining tape area
  • an inquiry 62 is made to determine if the Stretch option was chosen by the host computer system. If the Stretch option was chosen, the last partition P n is not formatted at the end of the tape and the boundary of the previous partition is expanded at step 64 to the PEOM making this area available for data storage. The expanded partition is then declared the last partition on the volume at step 65. If the Pack or Waste option was specified, the area between the EOP 18 of the previous partition and the PEOM is not formatted (step 66) and is not available for data storage. The previous partition is then declared the last partition on the volume at step 65.
  • an inquiry 82 is made to determine if the system zone can be completely formatted before the PEOM. If sufficient area is available to format the zone, the system zone is formatted at step 84 and the routine returns to inquiry 82 to format the next partition. If there is not enough space before the PEOM for another system zone, an inquiry 86 determines if another partition P n can be formatted after the previous partition.
  • step 88 If there is a space available to format another partition on the end of the tape, another partition is formatted at step 88 and the partition is declared at step 90 the last partition on the tape. If a partition can not be formatted on the tape, an inquiry 92 is made to determine if the Stretch option was specified.
  • the boundary of the last partition is extended at step 94 to the PEOM, and the partition is declared at step 90 the last partition on the tape. If the Pack or Waste option was specified, the final area of tape is not formatted (step 96) and is not available for data storage. The previously formatted partition is then declared the final partition on the tape at step 90.
  • the partition 100 is formatted on both sides of the system zone 102 such that the partition consists of two segments 104 and 106.
  • the EOP boundary 108 of the last formatted partition 110 is extended to the boundary 112 of the system zone 114.
  • the next partition 116 is then formatted immediately after the system zone 114. This format increases the storage area of the partition 110 by the expanded area 118.
  • the Waste option is chosen and a partition discontinuity occurs, the next partition 120 is formatted on the EOT side of the system zone 122.
  • the area 124 between the last formatted partition 126 and the system zone 122 is left unformatted and is not available for user data storage.
  • FIGURE 8 demonstrates a prior art tape format by which data is normally stored in longitudinal tracks. Data is stored in discrete units known as physical data blocks 140. A single physical data block or a plurality of physical data blocks in a grouping are referred to as a file section 142. A file mark 148 is used to indicate the separation between two adjacent file sections 142. The file mark 148 requires the use of the storage space of an entire physical data block 140.
  • FIGURE 9 there is shown the use of helical track recording with the transparent file marks of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 10 there is shown a grouping of file sections directly adjacent to each other using transparent file marks.
  • the ending of file section 150 and the beginning of the next file section 151 are identified by storing a file section number (FSN) 152 and a data block number (DBN) 154 in the control information header 156 of each helical track 158.
  • FSN file section number
  • DBN data block number
  • the headers 156 may also be interleaved within the helical track 158.
  • the file section number (FSN) 152 and the data block number (DBN) 154 are also stored in the control information header 160 (see FIGURE 9) of two longitudinal tracks 161.
  • the file section number 152 is incremented by one and the data block number 154 is set to zero and the numbers recorded in the control information headers 156 and the control information headers 160.
  • the process is controlled by the peripheral recording device during the write procedures.
  • the controlling software instructs the peripheral recording device to scan the FSN 152 and DBN 154 in the control information header 156 of each helical track 158 and the control information header of each longitudinal track 161 on the magnetic tape.
  • the recording device detects the incrementation of the FSN 152 and a zero value for the DBN 154, the recording device recognizes these values as an indication of a file mark and consequently a new file.
  • the need for recording a file mark over an entire physical data block is eliminated.
  • the method proceeds in the same manner as if the tape were formatted.

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  1. Procédé pour écrire sur une bande d'enregistrement (4) une pluralité de fichiers de données sur une longueur de la bande d'enregistrement (4), ladite bande d'enregistrement (4) ayant un premier fichier (150) et une pluralité de fichiers additionnels (151) de données d'utilisateur écrites dans une zone de données d'utilisateur prédéfinie sur la bande d'enregistrement (4), chaque fichier (150, 151) ayant un ou plusieurs blocs de données écrites avec un dernier bloc de données dans le premier fichier (150) adjacent à un premier bloc de données du second fichier (151), caractérisé en ce que:
    l'on enregistre dans un premier en-tête d'informations (156) disposé sur une piste hélicoïdale (158) associée au premier fichier (150) un premier numéro de section (152) et un numéro de bloc de données initiales (154) pour le premier fichier (150) pour identifier le début du premier fichier (150) ; et
    l'on enregistre dans le premier en-tête d'informations (156) disposé sur la piste hélicoïdale (158) pour chaque fichier additionnel (151) un numéro de section (152) incrémenté par rapport au numéro de section (152) de l'en-tête d'informations précédent (156) d'une valeur d'incrémentation et un numéro de bloc de données (154) pour chaque fichier additionnel (151) remis à la valeur initiale pour identifier le début de chaque fichier suivant (151).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'en outre :
    l'on enregistre dans un second en-tête d'informations (160) disposé sur une piste longitudinale (161) associée au premier fichier (150) un numéro de section (152) et un numéro de bloc de données (154) pour identifier le début du premier fichier (150) ; et
    l'on enregistre dans un autre second en-tête d'informations (160) disposé sur la piste longitudinale associée à chaque fichier additionnel (151) numéro de section (152) incrémenté par rapport au numéro de section (152) pour le second en-tête d'informations précédent (160) d'une valeur d'incrémentation et un numéro de bloc de données (154) pour chaque fichier additionnel (151) remis à une valeur initiale pour indiquer le début du fichier additionnel (151).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en outre en ce que :
       l'on enregistre dans les premiers et seconds en-têtes d'informations (156, 160) les numéros de blocs de données (154) numérotés consécutivement en commençant avec la valeur initiale pour chaque fichier (150, 151).
  4. Procédé pour localiser un fichier enregistré sur une bande d'enregistrement (4) possédant une zone de données d'utilisateur, ladite zone de données d'utilisateur ayant un premier fichier (150) et une pluralité de fichiers additionnels (151), chaque fichier (150,151) incluant au moins un bloc de données, caractérisé en ce que :
    l'on procède à un balayage de premiers en-têtes d'informations (156) disposés sur des pistes hélicoïdales et associés aux fichiers (150, 151), les premiers en-têtes d'informations (156) incluant un numéro de section de fichier (152) et un numéro de bloc de données (154), le numéro de section de fichier (152) étant incrémenté d'une valeur prédéterminée entre des fichiers consécutifs (150, 151) et le numéro de bloc de données (154) étant remis à une valeur initiale pour chacun des fichiers consécutifs (151) ; et
    l'on détecte l'incrémentation du numéro de section de fichier (152) et la remise à l'état initial du numéro de bloc de données (154) pour déterminer le début du fichier (150, 151).
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en outre en ce que :
    l'on procède à un balayage de seconds en-têtes d'informations (160) disposés sur une piste longitudinale et associés aux fichiers (150, 151), les seconds en-têtes d'informations (160) incluant un numéro de section de fichier (152) et un numéro de bloc de données (154), le numéro de section de fichier (152) étant incrémenté d'une valeur prédéterminée entre des fichiers consécutifs (150, 151) et le numéro de bloc de données (154) étant remis à une valeur initiale pour chacun des fichiers consécutifs (151) ; et
    l'on détecte l'incrémentation du numéro de section de fichier (152) et la remise à l'état initial du numéro de bloc de données (154) pour déterminer le début du fichier (150, 151).
  6. Bande d'enregistrement (4) ayant une zone de données d'utilisateur, ladite zone de données d'utilisateur ayant un premier fichier (150) et une pluralité de fichiers additionnels (151) enregistrés sur elle, chaque fichier (150, 151) incluant au moins un bloc de données, caractérisée par :
    un premier en-tête d'informations (156) disposé sur une piste hélicoïdale (158) associée au premier fichier (150), le premier en-tête d'informations (156) incluant un numéro de section de fichier (152) et un numéro de bloc de données (154) pour identifier le début du premier fichier (150) ; et
    des en-têtes d'informations additionnels (156) disposés sur des pistes hélicoïdales additionnelles (158) associées à chacun des fichiers additionnels (151), chaque en-tête d'information additionnel (156) incluant en outre un premier numéro de section de fichier (152) incrémenté par rapport au numéro de section de fichier (152) de l'en-tête d'informations précédent (156) d'une valeur d'incrémentation et un numéro de bloc de données (154) pour chaque fichier additionnel (151) remis à une valeur initiale pour identifier le début d'un fichier (151).
  7. Bande d'enregistrement (4) selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en outre par :
    un second en-tête d'informations (160) disposé sur une piste longitudinale (161) associée au premier fichier (150), le second en-tête d'informations (160) incluant un numéro de section de fichier (152) et un numéro de bloc de données (154) pour identifier le début du premier fichier (150) ; et
    des en-têtes d'informations additionnels (156) disposés sur des pistes longitudinales additionnelles (161) associées à chacun des fichiers additionnels (151), chaque en-tête d'informations additionnel (160) incluant en outre un numéro de section de fichier (152) incrémenté par rapport au numéro de section de fichier (152) de l'en-tête d'informations précédent (160) d'une valeur d'incrémentation et un numéro de bloc de données (154) remis à une valeur initiale pour identifier le début de chacun des fichiers additionnels (151).
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